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My Chocolate Cupcake Recipe Collection

"Great ideas for decorating cupcakes"

My chocolate cupcake recipe is simple and a great base to use for your cupcakes. I have also included a recipe for a vanilla base that you can vary to make chocolate chip cupcakes.

Decorating cupcakes is so popular at the moment, there are businesses popping-up everywhere that just make cupcakes. So why not make them yourself.

I have also started an evergrowing collection on how to decorate cupcakes. You can find these as you head down this page. Decorating cupcake ideas include baby shower, Halloween, breast cancer pink ribbon, wedding, Easter, childrens ...

Please read through my chocolate cupcake recipe first before starting.

If you have any questions concerning imperial/metric conversions you will find the answers on my Baking Conversions page.

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Chocolate Cupcake Recipe

Makes 12 chocolate cupcakes. Makes 24 mini muffin cupcakes.

Cupcake pans vary so much in volume. Also sometimes you only need to half fill your tins if you are going to decorate your cupcakes. Another thing is if you use paper cases to line your tins this reduces their volume even further.

I suggest if you want high well rounded cupcakes that you double this recipe and ¾ fill your pans.